# Big corporations may be evil & heartless but they stepped up to the plate for Katrina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917 "2005-09-03T18:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmartAlex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SmartAlex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlex)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/21 "2005-09-04T13:38:15Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > The premise of my question kinda of indicates that, yes. Whelp. You’re wrong. ---
**Author:** ![pace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pace)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/22 "2005-09-04T15:04:13Z")
quite a few individuals who own airboats have been seen driving enroute to Louisiana from Houston, loaded with water bottles… one called into a radio station and said they were going to use their airboats to collect dead bodies… also mentioned that they’ll stop at gun shops along the way to help protect themselves, “from those who will try to kill us as we’re searching for bodies.” Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/23 "2005-09-04T16:38:01Z")
> [@SmartAlex](#): > > Whelp. You’re wrong. well then enlightnen us–tell us how generous you are if you are going to get all holy here–put up yourself ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/24 "2005-09-04T16:50:06Z")
If he is going to get all holy here, I want to see a Biblical cite for 10%! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/25 "2005-09-04T16:53:19Z")
We called Harrah’s yesterday to see if we could find out about a couple of folks we know who work at their NOLA casino, and were told that all NOLA Harrah’s employees are being paid their salary for 90 days. Which I realize isn’t a huge amount, but it’s a damn nice gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/26 "2005-09-04T16:56:10Z")
**SmartAlex** , did you read **friedo’s** post #7 above? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917/27 "2005-09-05T00:12:07Z")
I don’t work for a big corporation by any means, but we received an e-mail from our company president on Friday saying that he will match 100 percent of our donations to Katrina relief funds (Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc.). Fortunately this applies to donations made before his announcement as well as those made in the next two weeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-corporations-may-be-evil-heartless-but-they-stepped-up-to-the-plate-for-katrina/319917.md?page=1)